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Assistant Professor
M.Sc. (PU), Ph. D (PU)
Biography
Dr. Asia Iqbal has been working in the Department of Wildlife and Ecology since January 2017. She has completed her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Department of zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore. She is a zoologist. Her core area of specialization is developmental biology. Her doctoral research was aimed at exploring the developmental defects induced by losartan “An Antihypertensive agent” in mice. While her research work in MSc was on “Effects of methyl parathion on embryonic development of chick. She served as Assistant Professor at Zoology Department, Government College Women University Faisalabad from Sep 2013 to Dec 2016. She has produced 2 Ph. D and 12 M.Phil. Students While 3 Ph. D and 3 M.Phil. Students are under her supervision. She has published many international and national papers.
Area of Interest
- Congenital anomalies/ Teratology
- Toxicity
Publications
- Madeeha Arshad, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Khalid, Asmatullah, Mohammad Tahir, Khadija Naveed and Asia Iqbal.2017. Exposure of Pregnant Mice to Hexavalent Chromium Causes Fetal Defects. Pakistan J. Zool., 49(4):1151-15467 F 0.6
- SHAHID H, IQBAL A, LUQMAN M, TARIQ M, ALI Q AND NASIR. 2017. CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM RHIZOSPHERE OF PLANTS IN LAHORE DISTRICT OF PAKISTAN. IJBPAS, 6(10): 1953-1964 F 0.7
- Muhammad Khalil Ahmad khan, Muhammad Zafar, Munazza Perveen, Munir Ahmad, Asia Iqbal, Asmatullah. 2017. Efficacy of malathion and carbosulfan against crop invaded aphid types Aphis craccivora (Koch) and Aphis gossypii (glover) on bean and brinjal Punjab Univ. J. Zool., Vol. 32 (2):245-249 I.F —
- A.Iqbal, Asmatullah and N.Ahmad.2017. Anomalies induced by Losartan, in developing mouse. Pak.J.Science. 1(69): 6-11 I.F —
- Shagufta Irshad, Amna Salamat, Aftab Ahmed Anjum, Saba Sana, Rahman ShahZaib Saleem, Azra Naheed and Asia Iqbal. 2018. Green tea leaves mediated ZnO nanoparticlesand its antimicrobial activity Cogent Chemistry, 4: 1469207
https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2018.1469207 - Hafiza Sadaf Zahra1, Asia Iqbal, Sayyeda Hira Hassan1 Hafiz Abdullah Shakir, Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Chaman Ara, Shaukat Ali. 2019. Epigenetics: A Bridge between Artificial Light at Night and Breast Cancer.pujz. 34(2): 231-238. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pujz/2019.34.2.231.238 F —
- Iqbal A, Nawaz S, Javid A, gulraiz S, Khan, MKA, Rashid M,Noor T,Khan M, Ali. 2019. Comparative performance-based studies of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides bromadiolone and flocoumafen in Mus muculusJ Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 17;34(1): 19-24
doi: 10.23812/19-459-L F 1.5 - Furqan Awan, Sadia Nawaz, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Asia Iqbal4,Raheela Akhtar, Sehrish Farya, Haleema Sadia, Arshad Javid, M. Rashid,Sulman Ali Taseer and Zhenling Zeng1. 2020. Canine Populations in Vicinity are Propagating Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour in Pakistan – A Pilot Study.pjz.vol. 52(0): 1081-1086,.DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20200302090345 F 0.831
- Shagufta,I.,Asia,I.,Amna,z.,Saadat,A, 2021. Comparative sequential solvent extraction of chemicals from ripe, ripening and un-ripe Carissa carandas fruit extracts and investigation of their antioxidant activity.PJB http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2021-2(36) J. Bot., 53(2): 605-611, 2021. I.F 0.97
- Asia Iqbal • Muhammad Zakir • Muhammad Muddassir Ali • Shagufta Irshad • Arshad Javi1, Muhammad Khan • Chaman Ara • Asmatullah. 2021. Effects of Allium cepa‑mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles on male reproductive tissue and sperm abnormalities of albino mice (Mus musculus) Applied Nanoscience. Applied Nanoscience (2021) 11:807–815 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-020-01633-2. I.F 3.67
- Ara, Z. Zainab, M. Khan, Memoona, A. Iqbal and K. Shahzad. 2021 DAILY USE OF CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT CAN PROTECT ACRYLAMIDE INDUCED ORGAN PATHOLOGIES IN MICE. Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 31(5): 1511-1519
https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2021.5.0353. I.F 0.49 - S. Muhammada, M. F. Maqboolb , A. G. Al-Sehemic,d , A. Iqbale , M. Khanb , S. Ullahc and M. T. Khanf.2021. A threefold approach including quantum chemical, molecular docking and molecular dynamic studies to explore the natural compounds from Centaurea jacea as the potential inhibitors for COVID-19. Brazilian Journal of Biology vol. 83. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.247604 I.F 1.32
- Ayesha Riaz, Marium Majeed, Muhammad Ahsan Riaz, Asia Iqbal, Usman Ali Ashfaq. 2021. Histopathological alteration in organs of adult male frog after exposure to alpha-cypermethrin. Pure Appl. Biol. 11(1):175-180.
http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.110019 F — - Erum Zafar, Muhammad Faisal Maqbool, Asia Iqbal, Amara Maryam, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Khan, Yongming Li, TonghuiMa. A comprehensive review on anticancer mechanism of bazedoxifene. 2021. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 69(2): 767-782 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2150. I.F 2.92
- F. Awana , M. M. Alib , I. Q. Afridic , S. Kalsoomd , S. Firyalb , S. Nawazb, R. Akhtare , A. Iqbal , S. Saeed , R. Naseer , T. Mehmood , N. Luqmang, H.M. Ahmad, H. Sadiah , M. S. A. Taseeri , A. R. Khanb and N. Rafiqueb . 2021. Drinking water quality of various sources in Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat and Swat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,Pakistan. Brazilian Journal of Biology, vol. 84. | https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.255755 I.F 1.32
- kashif ali, Asia Iqbal, syed Mohsin Bukhari and Athar Mahmud.2020. Ameliorative effects of Moringa oleifera leaf and flower extracts on sodium arsenate induced oxidative stress and histopathological changes in mice embryo. Pak.J.Pharm. Sci.33(05):2721-2728 I.F 0.87
Participations
2017
Conferences
- 37th international Congress of zoology, held in Faisalabad from 28th Feb-2nd ,2017
- 1st national conference science for the betterment of humanity held on 5-6th may held at Government Sadiq college for women university Bahawalpur
Workshops
- Latex workshop held on 25-26 April,2017 organized by Department of statics and computer science in collaboration with IT,UVAS
- Two day National workshop on Handling and restraining of migratory birds with ticks identification
- Workshop on Intellectual Property rights organized by ORIC held at UVAS, Lahore
- Training ⁄Symposium
- Training on conventional Paraffin impregnation Technique and Haematoxylin &Eosin staining protocol
- 6th international fisheries symposium &Expo-2017. Innovative and sustainable Aquaculture for blue revolution
- Participation in world Fisheries Day held on 24Nov, 2017 and organized by Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, UVAS Lahore
2018
Conferences
- Oral presentation in 4th international multidisciplinary research conference on global prosperity through research and development organized by Sarhad university on 9-11 Oct, 2018
- Poster presentation in 3rd international conference on Biosciences 2018, held at GC university Lahore on 9th may-11th may.
- Oral presentation in 1st international conference on natural sciences organized by faculty of science Dept. at post graduate college Gulberg Lahore.
Workshops ∕Trainings
- Participation in one day workshop on laboratory biosafety and biosecurity held on 4th may 2018 at department of wildlife & Ecology
- One day international seminar on recent advances in zoological sciences held on 10th May 2019 at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS
- One day training workshop on Techniques for species conservation and monitoring held on 20th April,2018, at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS
- One day hand on training workshop Real-Time PCR held at the institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology on July 10, 20118
- One day workshop on Mushroom cultivation held at The Department of Biological Sciences, Lahore On 28th December,2018.
- Recycling of domestic waste into organic fertilizer using compost bins organized by Department of Wildlife & Ecology on 23rd Nov, 2018.
- One day Seminar on World fisheries day on 26th Nov, 2018 held by The Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture & U.S Soybean export council (USSEC) at university of veterinary and animal sciences , Pattoki.
Trainings
- Attended three days training on Andragogical ∕ pedagogical skills from 18th jan to 20 jan,2018 at PHEC staff development academy
- Attended on day training workshop on ENDNOTE X7 BASIC organized by of Statics ans computer science in collaboration with information technology center, UVAS. Held 0n 26th june 2018.
2019
- Participated in 1st conference on entrepreneurship avenue in biological sciences (NCEB)held on8-9 jan and organized by Dept. of biology Lahore Garrison university.
- Participation in World wildlife day organized Punjab Wildlife & Parks Department on 3rd March, 2019.
- Intellectual property rights and requirements of patent filing held on 2nd May 2019 at UVAS
- Techniques for preservation of museum specimen held on 6th March, 2019 at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS
- Two days hand on training workshop on Sanger sequencing data analysis held from 10th April -11th April, 2019 at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS Lahore
- Basic bioinformatics tools for functional genomics held on 5th july 2019 at Department of Biological Sciences, Lahore.
- Reference and citation management using Mendeley held on 14th nov,2019 at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS, Lahore
- One day training workshop on Honey bee farming held at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS, Lahore
- One day training workshop on training of global positioning system(GPS) in Wildlife management held on 28th Dec 2019,at Department Of Wildlife & Ecology, Lahore.
- One day training workshop on Mushroom cultivation technique held on 29th Nov, 2019 at Department Biological Sciences, UVAS, Lahore
- One day seminar on world fisheries day held on 21st November, 2019 at Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Lahore.
- One day seminar on Botanical garden-living laboratory of research and recreation held on 12th Jan , 2019 at Department Biological sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Lahore.
- One day seminar on Environmental health challenges in Pakistan probing the solution held on 4th April, 2019 at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS, Lahore.
- One day seminar on Pakistan snow leopard & ecosystem protection program (PSLEP) held at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS, Lahore, on 23rd April, 2019.
- One day seminar on Fish disease & control strategies on 28th Jan at Faculty of Fisheries & Wildlife, UVAS, Lahore on 28th Jan, 2019
2020
- One day workshop on snake bite management held on Feb 19, ,2020 at Department of Wild life & Ecology, UVAS
- APPLICATIONS OF CRISPR GENE EDITING TOOL IN ANIMALS, FUNGI & PLANTS” held on 28 Dec ,2020 and organized by Department of Biological sciences ,UVAS, Lahore
- Awareness about the novel corona virus and the corona virus disease(covid-19) organized by Faculty of Fisheries and Wildlife on 11th April 2020
- How to manage your references using refworks on 1st Dec held by Higher education commission
- Proquest’s introduction to publishing in Academic journals-part2 held on 15th Dec organized by Proquest customer experience in partnership with Higher education commission
- An online seminar on molecular phylogenetics and its applications organized by Depart of Biological Sciences held on 29 Dec, 2020.
- World fisheries day on 23 Nov, 2020 organized by Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, UVAS.
- one day seminar on molecular identification of lichens and their role in environmental monitoring organized by Department of Biological sciences and held on 30 Dec, 2020
Scholarships
- President Talent scholarship in M.Sc.
- Indigenous 5000 scholarship( Batch IV)